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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1921
Page
2
November 11 will honor unknown American dead and urge disarmament as the Washington conference on arms opens. Reports note frontier clashes on the Jugoslavian Albanian border, league disarmament input, German diplomacy moves, and varied U S actions from justice to unemployment measures and inflation signals.
A massive explosion at the Badische Anilin- und Farbenfabrik plant in Oppau near Mainz wrecked the town. Estimates place the dead from 1,000 to 1,500 with about 2,000 injured as more than a third of homes were destroyed and debris swept the area.
Rev. Dr. Charles P. Fagnani of Union Theological Seminary New York and Mrs. Fagnani have been expelled from Germany for alleged enmity toward Germany since 1914. Fagnani cabled Secretary Hughes and asks the U S government to investigate seek apology for Americans abroad.
Washington reports the anti beer bill returning to the Senate after summer recess facing the same opposition as before. Senator Sterling of South Dakota fresh from talks with President Harding moved the Willis Campbell conference report, but a quorum call, adjournment motion, and other tactics blocked action.
District Judge James G. Gwynn conducted a liquor law sentencing aboard a smoking car on a moving train in Idaho Falls. The unusual session delivered the sentence in a frontier style courtroom scene.
Geneva. Pope Benedict addresses President Van Karnebeek of the League of Nations in an appeal urging aid for the famine sufferers in Russia.
A Baltimore Evening Sun excerpt satirizes kissing as an old world custom among white people and mocks the idea of “flavors” in rouge influencing romantic acts. It jokes about unequal enthusiasm and evolving tastes in lovers over time.
American critic Meltzer from Europe calls Igor Stravinsky the most discussed musician, noting mixed views from Bach to impostor. He discusses The Rite of Spring with praise for some folk elements and sharp, shocking tonal clashes that evoke a brutal, Bolshevik mood.
Atsushi Matsugawa, writing in the Japan Advertiser, argues that American life is realistic, utilitarian, epicurean, and humorous, while Japanese life is eccentric, sentimental, pessimistic, and locally insular. He notes regional cues in country people's dress and speech to identify origins, and recalls Japan's historic fourfold social division of samurai, farmer, artisan, and merchant shaping current class identities.
United States Department of Agriculture notes sunflowers for silage yield variable results. Some areas see good palatability and feeding value versus corn silage, while in parts of the Northern Great Plains the silage from rank sunflowers is less palatable. Huntley Montana farm reports 25 to 30 tons per acre possible, but livestock prefer corn silage which yields less than half as much per acre.
A parent recounts taking daughter Jane to the library, leaving with three cookies. Returning near two, the child shouted that she was starved and joked about living off free cookies as the two laughed.
Mrs Penfieli says her poet husband accuses her of jarring his sensitive soul and demands harmony. Mrs Niblick complains her golfer husband blames her for upsetting his game and cannot be spoken to without friction.
Secretary Edwin Austin of the State Highway Commission says 7,000 men could work on Missouri highways by September next year if a special session approves bonus laws and part of the 60 million dollar road fund is made available before 1923. He notes 3,500 are employed now and could double, with additional federal funds, plus 105 engineers and draftsmen would be needed.
Dean Walter Williams of the Missouri School of Journalism will depart September 29 for Honolulu to preside at the World Press Congress. After sessions he sails November 1 on the Korea Maru to Yokohama, then lectures at Kelo University Tokyo the University of Peking and St. John's University Shanghai. Prof. Frank L. Martin will serve as acting dean until Williams' return in January.
Armstrong Missouri reports that the Kansas City Light and Power Company plans a $1,000,000 light and power plant on recently purchased Glasgow land. Distribution would reach neighboring towns, addressing regional electrical needs with lines extending to Higginsville and potentially to Mexico.
A large portion of last year’s cotton from the Ozark area is being bought by T. P. Powell of Melbourne Arkansas and shipped to eastern markets. Farmers generally received about 10 cents per pound. Purchases come mainly from Gainesville Bakersfield and Dant areas, with some shipments from Cotter Arkansas.
Sedalia attorney A L Shortridge has been named by the Jackson County circuit court as special commissioner to sell 1345 acres of land in Jackson and Cass counties for the late John B Sampson ofLees Summit. The estate valuation stands around 225000 with a bond set at 250000 for the partition sale.
Columbia Missouri Board of Education plans a special election to approve a $75,000 bond for a new school building on Sexton road, closing two open sewers on school grounds, and purchasing extra land for each school plant.
Fortunato M. Savilla of the Philippine Islands studies the American school system and selects Kirksville public schools and Porter rural school near the city as examples of top small city and rural schools in the United States.
Rev August Griessee, longtime pastor of the Lutheran Church here for 12 years, has accepted a call to serve the church at Alma Missouri, leaving his post.
Jefferson City Missouri The People's Exchange Bank at Sturgis Livingston County and the Farmers State Bank of Winston Daviess County were placed in the hands of the State Bank Examiner by the State Director of Finance J G Hughes. The Sturgis Bank was closed on the examiner A L Friese recommendation. it has 10000 capital and about 75000 in deposits. The Winston Bank was closed by its directors resolution. also 10000 capital and deposits just over 70000 as of June 30.
Sedalia citizens protest to the Board of Pardon and Parole over a plan to release Polly Howe from the state penitentiary by pardon or parole. The Sedalia Women’s Church Council and Sedalia Chamber of Commerce women’s groups, representing over 1,000, sent a telegram to Parole Commissioner J Kelly Poole opposing clemency.
Webb City Missouri students launch dress reform to end silk hose and costly attire. Leaders Mrs H M Wise and Mrs Dora Steele on the city school board spark the movement aiming to equalize dress standards between poor and well to do students. The district’s reform plan follows his study of large city schools with St Louis highlighted.
St Louis reports a new rent relief bill to be introduced during the state legislature special session. Alfred W. Henry of the Rent Relief League says rents paused during the last campaign but rose again after adjournment. He cites landlords able to push high prices while keeping buildings half empty and urges building expansion as a permanent fix.
The Kansas Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad offices in Joplin Missouri have been ordered closed and the line has quit the city. The Gulf line concedes defeat in its bid to compel Frisco Railroad to allow track use from Baxter to Joplin as a decision from the Interstate Commerce Commission waits. Traffic for the line is delivered to Frisco at Baxter.
In Sedalia Missouri two large touring cars owned by Lee Mowery taxi operator were hired by three strangers who claimed they wished to go to Warrensburg One car was set afire and the other driven to Kansas City according to chauffeurs R W Moore and Phronsie Rimel both Sedalians
A. H. Whitney, manager of the Liberty Theater, announced cancellation of four Fatty Arbuckle pictures due to pending charges in a San Francisco court. The move affects bookings at the Liberty Theater in Mexico Missouri.
Mansfield Missouri theater owner Dr. F H Riley of the Nugget Theater says no more Fatty Arbuckle pictures until the California murder case resolves.
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